VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.2] Etisalat Academy
  • Location: Dubai
  • Duration: 3 Days

    Course details

    This training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud® Automation Center™. This course covers the configuration and use of vCloud Automation Center as a platform for self-service provisioning of virtual, cloud, and physical machines to create and manage on-demand multivendor cloud infrastructures.

    Objectives

    • Understand the vCloud Automation Center architecture and use case in multivendor cloud environments
    • Install and configure vCloud Automation Center 5.2
    • Manage vCloud Automation Center 5.2 entities on VMware® and third-party hardware and cloud infrastructures
    • Configure and manage provisioning groups and blueprints
    • Configure and manage enterprise groups and reservations for compute resources on VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and more
    • Use the Self-Service portal to request and manage machines according to vCloud
    • Automation Center approval policies
    • Use the Report portal to monitor vCloud Automation Center configuration and managed resources
    • Understand and configure vCloud Automation Center workflows
    • Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation

    Course Outline

    Course Introduction

    • Introductions and course logistics
    • Course outline
    • Course goals
    • Course objectives

    VMware vCloud Automation Center Architecture and Components

    • Explain the architecture for deploying vCloud Automation Center to manage a multivendor cloud
    • Explain the components involved in a single vendor cloud infrastructure using VMware vCloud Director® and VMware vSphere®
    • Define the ports associated with the communication among vCloud Automation Center components
    • Understand and customize the elements of the vCloud Automation Center administration console

    VMware vCloud Automation Center Distributed Execution Managers and Agents

    • Explain the role of Distributed Execution Managers and agents
    • Explain the types of agents and agent relationships

    VMware vCloud Automation Center Configuration, Provisioning, and Management

    • Understand the relationships among vCloud Automation Center entities
    • Identify and configure vCloud Automation Center endpoints
    • Demonstrate how vCloud Automation Center discovers compute resources from VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and Amazon
    • Explain provisioning groups, enterprise groups, blueprints, and reservations for compute resources

    VMware vCloud Automation Center Self-Service Portal

    • Review the installation requirements and process for the Self-Service portal
    • Use the Self-Service portal to provision machines from virtual, cloud, and physical resources
    • Review provisioning requests

    Managing and Monitoring vCloud Automation Center Resources

    • Identify, verify, and reclaim inactive and abandoned resources
    • Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the Administration portal
    • Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the Report portal

    VMware vCloud Automation Center Models and Workflows

    • Review Windows Workflow Foundation
    • Define and demonstrate default vCloud Automation Center workflows
    • Explain how to use VMware® vCenter™ Orchestrator™ workflows from vCloud Automation Center

    VMware vCloud Automation Center Installation and Upgrade

    • Review vCloud Automation Center interoperability
    • Explain vCloud Automation Center installation prerequisites
    • Identify vCloud Automation Center component installers
    • Identify the vCloud Automation Center installation procedure

    Who Can Benefit

    • Experienced system administrators
    • Cloud administrators
    • System integrators
    • Operational developers

    Prerequisites

    • VMware vCloud Director 5.1: Install, Configure, Manage and VMware vSphere 5.1: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge 

    Mode

    • Classroom based lectures with practical exercises 
    Updated on 29 October, 2017

    About Etisalat Academy

    We_They is the largest single-source business and telecom training solutions provider in the Middle East. For 30 years we have been providing training consultancy and human capital development services to telecoms, government agencies, oil & gas companies, financial institutions and organizations across all industries and business sectors.

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